The use of postmortem computed tomography in the diagnosis of intentional medication overdose

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 218-236

  Burke, Michael P ^a   O'Donnell, Chris ^a   Bassed, Richard ^a  

^a VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hounsfield Units (HU); Intentional medication overdose; Postmortem CT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864942633     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-011-9292-z     Document Type: Article

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